The president of Bolilvia proposes a regional referendum on the military agreement between the U.S. and Colombia.

Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia has proposed the establishment of a regional referendum on the military agreement between Colombia and the United States.

“Let the people and not the empire decide the pros and cons of setting up U.S. military bases in South America,” Morales said during a speech in Coipasa, Bolivia.

According to Morales, the United States “is pursuing a strategy of disintegrating the region,” and wants to create “divisions” among the presidents of the countries of South America.

“At times I think the installation of these bases in South America is a provocation by the U.S. empire to create conflicts among the presidents of the countries of our continent to stop regional integration”.

According to the official news agency ABI (a Spanish acronym for the Bolivian Information Agency), Morales said that he will take the referendum proposal to the meeting of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), in Bariloche, in Argentine Patagonia.

Morales believes that the expansion of the American presence in the region would allow greater interference in the internal decisions of these countries.